The Comic Architect: full text (pdf)

17 October, 2007 in Architecture, As Submitted, Bookshelf

Here is the complete text of The Comic Architect: words and pictures along the line between architecture and comics - the M.Arch dissertation that this project has produced.

It includes in the appendices the three interviews I conducted with Joost Swarte, Henk Döll and Ben Katchor.

Please note that in uploading this dissertation, I am concious that the text includes illustrations of drawings, paintings, comics and prints made by other artists. These were used in the dissertation for illustration purposes, and in the context of the submission could be included without permission being sought. Now that I am, in effect, publishing this dissertation, I am aware we are approaching a copyright issue. To this end please note that all work remains that of the original artist. If you represent someone who I have cited, or if your work is included and you are not happy to see it in this context, please contact me as soon as possible and I will respect your requests.

The text itself and the interviews are published here under a Creative Commons licence. Please contact me if you would like to reproduce any part of it.

2 Replies

  1. Brad Brooks

    19 October, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Hi James,

    Great to see the final dissertation but I’ve spotted a small error on page 50 - the model buildings aren’t by Ben Katchor, they’re by Seth.

    Otherwise, it’s great.

  2. James

    19 October, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    > Great to see the final dissertation but I’ve spotted a
    > small error on page 50 - the model buildings aren’t
    > by Ben Katchor, they’re by Seth.

    Crap, crap, crap. And that’s the final text that I submitted. I knew the errors wouldn’t be noticed until I had bound and submitted it :)

    Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it.

    *j*

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